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Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Isadore Soifer
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- September 8, 1991 (aged 80), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- December 4, 1910, Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Before writing as Alex North, I studied Philosophy at the University of Leeds, worked there in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy for several years, and published ten award-winning crime novels under a different name. I currently live in Leeds with my wife and son.
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Alex North is a British crime writer who has previously published under another name. Alex North was born in Leeds, England, where he now lives with his wife and son. The Whisper Man was inspired by North's own little boy, who mentioned one day that he was playing with "the boy in the floor."
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Alex North (born Dec. 4, 1910, Chester, Pa., U.S.—died Sept. 8, 1991, Pacific Palisades, Calif.) U.S. film composer and conductor. North studied at the Curtis Institute and Juilliard. In the early 1930s he traveled to Moscow and became the sole American member of the Union of Soviet Composers.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alex North was Oscar-nominated fifteen times but only received the coveted statuette as a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986. Born December 4, 1910 Died September 8, 1991 (80)
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- Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name. Isadore Soifer. Mini Bio. Alex North studied music at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, then won a scholarship to Juilliard in New York (1929) and the Moscow Conservatoire (1933), making him the first-ever American to become a member of the Union of Soviet Composers.
The 50/50 KillerAlex North. Black FlowersAlex North. Dark RoomAlex North. I Know Who Did ItAlex North. Alex North was born in Leeds, where he now lives with his wife and son. He studied Philosophy at Leeds University, and prior to becoming a writer he worked there in their sociology department.